With the motto
“One Step Ahead,” the Department of Microbiology is a
distinguished paraclinical medical science unit of Mymensingh
Medical College. Soon after the inauguration in 1993 as a
separate entity, it has become a center branded by its own
identity among the resource-constrained government medical
colleges of Bangladesh. Endowed with stupendous teaching and
adept laboratory personnel, it has own advanced academic &
laboratory setup to conduct different undergraduate &
postgraduate courses and scientific studies in collaboration
with many institutes across the globe.

At present, it
is the pioneer in the fields of medical teaching, diagnostic
services and research in the public sector of the country.

We are located
in the 3rd floor of south annex block having a total floor space
of 5000 sq feet and 6 laboratories, Bacteriology, Mycology,
Parasitology, Immunology, Molecular and Rickettsia Lab with
BSL-2 facilities. Equipped with multimedia facilities, close
circuit cameras, Wi-Fi premises and a dedicated website with
online MCQs & teaching-learning materials, the department is the
first of its kind and still unmatched in the country. Besides,
our laboratories have Fluorescence, Dark ground/Phase contrast
and multi-head microscopes along with facilities for ELISA, PAGE and NAAT.
There are also -800C freeze, Biosafety Level-2
cabinets as well as conventional microbiological tools for
diagnostic services and research activities.

The Department of Microbiology, MMC aims at becoming a
state-of-the-art trend-setter and a center of excellence of
international standard in the field of medical microbiological
teaching, diagnosis & research and is gradually thriving towards
achieving its vision by tiny leaps.